A Turriff paedophile, Murray Temple, was apprehended after his partner discovered lewd photographs of adolescent males on his mobile device.
Murray Temple, 31, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, where he confessed to downloading child exploitation material over a four-month duration.
Upon seizing Murray Temple’s phone, law enforcement and cybercrime officials uncovered that he had been engaging in online communication with a teenage boy while masquerading as an adult woman.
It was disclosed that Murray Temple had incited the adolescent to do a sexual act.
In 2018, Murray Temple, presently incarcerated at HMP Grampian, confessed to multiple offences pertaining to children and child exploitation material.
Sheriff Lesley Johnston postponed sentencing and detained Murray Temple to facilitate the completion of a criminal justice social work report, including a risk assessment and a restriction of liberty order evaluation.
She additionally enrolled Murray Temple on the sex offenders registry.
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